How To Install libcneartree-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcneartree-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcneartree-dev
libcneartree-dev is:
Neartree is an API and a library for finding nearest neighbors among points in spaces of arbitrary dimensions. This package provides a C++ template, TNear.h, and C library and header files for compiling programs using Neartree.
The library uses the Nearest Neighbor algorithm after Kalantari and McDonald, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v. SE-9, pp. 631-634,1983) modified to use recursion instead of a double-linked tree and simplified so that it does less checking for things like is the distance to the right less than the distance to the left; it was found that these checks make little to no difference.
There are three methods to install libcneartree-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcneartree-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcneartree-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcneartree-dev
Install libcneartree-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcneartree-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcneartree-dev
Install libcneartree-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcneartree-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcneartree-dev
How To Uninstall libcneartree-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcneartree-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcneartree-dev
Uninstall libcneartree-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcneartree-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcneartree-dev
Remove libcneartree-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcneartree-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcneartree-dev
Remove libcneartree-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcneartree-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcneartree-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcneartree-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
